Socialist Faction of Hyderabad

The Socialist Faction was a socialist political faction in Hyderabad State that was founded in 1860. The faction was founded by laborers who sought the overthrow of the Nizam and his replacement with a republic, and  the party championed the rights of working-class Hyderabadis. The Socialist Faction did not have much of a following in its early years due to the lack of Westernization in Hyderabad, but it motivated several workers to become active in opposing the absolute monarchy.